The process for the definition of an Energy Cooperation Roadmap between the EU and China was officially initiated at the first meeting of the Energy Security Working Group held in Beijing in February 2013, following the China-EU Joint Declaration on Energy Security of May 2012 that stated the
formal establishment of the relationships between China and the EU as energy consumers and strategic partners. This Concept Note on China-EU Energy Cooperation Roadmap 2020 has been elaborated by the Europe-China Clean Energy Centre (EC2) and it provides suggestions on cooperation goals and recommendations for a Roadmap to 2020
